Super Moon medley from Brisbane

[Dennis]

From my back yard I don’t have much of foreground interest so I decided to go for the full disc shots as the Moon inched towards closest approach at around 11:52pm AEST.

Here is a medley of shots using various cameras and lenses as noted on each image.

At a final image resolution of 1024x1024, the differences between telescopes and lenses aren’t as obvious.

Cheers

Dennis

[RickS (Rick)]

Show us the big ones, Dennis! Would love to see what the Mewlon can do with a supermoon at high res

Cheers,
Rick,

[alpal]

Great pics -
surprising how good the telephoto is.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Nice one Dennis

[Dennis]

Thanks Rick, alpal and Dunk, I appreciate your comments.

Here is a link to a 2560x2560 pixel version on DropBox – WARNING: File size=570KB.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/..._M210%20PF.jpg

Cheers

Dennis

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, Dennis! I'll spend a little time this afternoon panning around

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Even more stunning at full size Dennis, very sharp

[Dennis]

Thanks again Rick and Dunk.

Bear in mind that the seeing was about average so not really suited to high resolution work. The Mewlon (and all ‘scopes) can do better with a Barlow/PowerMate on a good night of seeing.

Cheers

Dennis

[Mickoid (Michael)]

That 400mm lens is a cracker! Makes the Tak look like an average kind of scope. Interesting comparison. Nice work.

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by Mickoid

That 400mm lens is a cracker! Makes the Tak look like an average kind of scope. Interesting comparison. Nice work.

Hi Mickoid

The images I posted have all been re-sampled down to 1024x1024 and so unfortunately they do not show the raw detail, image scale and resolution of the original full size captures.

When you look at the full size originals, the clear pecking order shows that focal length and aperture are king, as follows:

1. Tak Mewlon 210 at prime focus with the ASI174MM
2. Tak Mewlon 210 with x0.8 reducer and 5D Mk III
3. Canon EOS M3 with 400mm + x2 Extender
4. Canon 7D Mk II with 100-400 + x1.4 Extender.

Cheers

Dennis

[Bart]

Ooohh yeaaah!

[Derek Klepp]

All good Dennis thanks for the views.

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by Bart

Ooohh yeaaah!

Originally Posted by Derek Klepp

All good Dennis thanks for the views.

Thanks Bart & Derek, I appreciate your comments.

Cheers

Dennis

[firstlight (Tony)]

First chance to see what people got of the perigee-syzygy. I was happy with my shots... until I saw yours

Beautiful work Dennis.

[firstlight (Tony)]

BTW, no such thing as a Sss.. Sssu.. sorry just bring myself to say the word!

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by firstlight

First chance to see what people got of the perigee-syzygy. I was happy with my shots... until I saw yours

Beautiful work Dennis.

Thanks Tony, it was nice to have a clear night with no pesky clouds to spoil the party.

Cheers

Dennis

[Bris_Andrew (Andrew)]